"Bluegrass Cafe" playlist - 9/20/2020

 The twenty-second pre-recorded edition of our Bluegrass Cafe paid tribute in a Bluegrass style to three of the most influential country music singers of the 20th century, all of whom were born in month of September:  Roy Acuff (September 15, 1903 - November 23, 1992), Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 - January 1, 1953), and George Jones (September 12, 1931 - April 26, 2013).  While the main focus of our program is Bluegrass music, it would be silly to think that no Bluegrass performers have ever been influenced by the music of any of these Country Music Hall of Famers.  In fact, the opposite is true.  Therefore, we gathered as many Bluegrass covers of songs performed and/or written by these three as time would allow, and we celebrated some birthdays in a musical way.  

During the program, I promised to share some book titles for those of you who might like to read biographies or autobiographies.  This is not an exhaustive bibliography of works about these musicians, but here are a few titles to get you started:  

    ROY ACUFF:

    Schlappi, Elizabeth.  Roy Acuff:  The Smoky Mountain Boy.  (Pelican Publishing     Company, 1983)

    GEORGE JONES:

    Isenhour, Jack.  He Stopped Loving Her Today:  George Jones, Billy Sherrill,
    And The Pretty-Much Totally True Story Of The Making Of The Greatest Country
    Record Of All Time.  (University of Mississippi Press, 2011)

    Jones, George with Tom Carter.  I Lived To Tell It All.  (Dell, 1997)

    Kienzle, Rich.  The Grand Tour:  The Life And Music Of George Jones.  (Dey        Street, 2016)

    HANK WILLIAMS:  
    
    Escott, Colin.  Hank Williams:  The Biography.  (Little, Brown & Co., 1994)
   
    Hemphill, Paul.  Lovesick Blues:  The Life Of Hank Williams.  (Viking, 2005)

    Ribowsky, Mark.  Hank:  The Short Life And Long Country Road Of Hank                Williams.  (Liveright, 2017)

Newer Bluegrass music also was shared during the program, including 2020 selections from Rock Hearts, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers, High Fidelity, Balsam Range, the Kody Norris Show, Carolina Blue, and J.B. & Jamie Dailey.

Have a wonderful week, and thanks for listening!

Amy O.

SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL 

• Katy Hill / Del McCoury Band / RockyGrass / Blue Planet
• Hometown Blues / Seldom Scene / SCENEchronized / Sugar Hill
• Home / Jim & Jesse / The Old Home Place / Rounder
• Anywhere Is Home Again / Volume Five / Children Of The Mountain / Mountain Fever Records
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs / Selected Cuts, 1952-1955 / JSP Records
• The Window Up Above / Ralph Stanley with George Jones / Clinch Mountain Country / Rebel [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Don't Stop The Music / Del McCoury / Don't Stop The Music / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Color Of The Blues / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / Color Of The Blues / Strictly Country Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Why Baby Why / The Sidemen / Almost Live At The Station Inn / Red Clay Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Flame In My Heart / Delia Bell & Bill Grant / Dreaming / Rounder [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• When The Grass Grows Over Me / Rhonda Vincent & the Rage / Bluegrass Legends--Live At The Ryman / Upper Management Music [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Choices / Spinney Brothers / Tried & True / Mountain Fever Records [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• He Stopped Loving Her Today / George Jones / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy [Remembering George Jones:  9/12/1931 - 4/26/2013]
• Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes / Rock Hearts / Starry Southern Nights / Self-Produced
• Leave It At The Gate / Chris Jones & the Night Drivers / single / Mountain Home
• Next Train South / Po' Ramblin' Boys / Toil, Tears & Trouble / Rounder
• Take My Ring From Your Finger / High Fidelity / Banjo Player's Blues / Rounder
• Eddie To The Rescue / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• The Precious Jewel / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Not A Word From Home / Joe Val / Diamond Joe / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Branded Wherever I Go / Earls Of Leicester / Live At The CMA Theater In The Country Music Hall Of Fame / Rounder [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Write Me Sweetheart / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Pressing On Regardless / Brentwood Music [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Wabash Cannonball / Roy Acuff /  The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Move In On Over / Lynn Morris Band / Shape Of A Tear / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Mansion On The Hill / Whitstein Brothers / Bluegrass Class Of 1990 / Rounder[Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Honky Tonk Blues / Good Ol' Persons / Good 'n' Live / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Singing Waterfall / Warrior River Boys / Sounds Like Home / Rounder [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Six More Miles / Mac Wiseman / The Chronological Mac Wiseman, 1951-1953 / Kipepeo Publishing [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys / Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, 1950-1951 / JSP Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Hank Williams / Live At The Opry / Mercury [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Grit And Grace / Balsam Range / single / Mountain Home
• Love Bug / Kody Norris Show / single / Rebel
• Too Wet To Plow / Carolina Blue / Take Me Back / Billy Blue Records
• Love Pains / Osborne Brothers with Red Allen / The Chronological Osborne Brothers, 1956-1960 / Kipepeo Publishing
• I Couldn't Believe It Was True / Wilma Lee Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan / A Daisy A Day / Leather Records [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• The Country Side Of Heaven (Where The Bluegrass Music Flows) / WhiteHouse / WhiteHouse / Pinecastle
• Darling Nelly Bly / Eddie Adcock / Vintage Banjo Jam / Patuxent Music
• That Glory Bound Train / Bear Bridge Band / Broken Hearts & Better Times / Open Road [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• Do You Call That Religion / Johnson Mountain Boys / At The Old Schoolhouse / Rounder
• Jesus Is Waiting For Me / Larry Sparks / Blue Mountain Memories / Rebel
• I Like To Hear 'Em Preach It / Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys / Good 'N' Country & Country Music Time / Jasmine
• The Lord's Last Supper / Reno & Smiley / 16 Greatest Gospel Hits / King
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning / Hot Rize / Traditional Ties / Sugar Hill
• Great Speckled Bird / J.B. & Jamie Dailey / Step Back In Time / Pinecastle [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• So High / Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad / Pickin' Praisin' & Singin':  Hymns From The Mountain / Rural Rhythm Christian
• Born Again / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• When The Savior Reached Down For Me / J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Paul Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
• This World Can't Stand Long / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Roy Acuff:  9/15/1903 - 11/23/1992]
• I Saw The Light / Roy Acuff / The Essential Roy Acuff / Columbia Legacy [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• House Of Gold / Steve Gulley with Don Gulley / Family, Friends, & Fellowship / Rural Rhythm [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing / Charlie Monroe / Post War Country Classics, 1946-1950 / Cattle [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels / Gibson Brothers / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Will You Be Ready To Go Home / Seldom Scene / Scene 20 / Sugar Hill [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• I'll Have A New Life / Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Rock My Soul / Sugar Hill
• Dust On The Bible / Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice / Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge / Rebel
• From Jerusalem To Jericho / Hank Williams / The Unreleased Recordings / Time Life [Remembering Hank Williams:  9/17/1923 - 1/1/1953]
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder